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The main difference with this method is how the semaphore is initialized.
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Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2020
Predictably, this area was a resource locked with a mutex semaphore.
—Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2020
The dollar, which has fallen by 6% against a basket of currencies since March, is usually part of the semaphore.
—The Economist, 11 June 2020
One dancer executed a series of semaphore-like movements, which the dancer on the next roof over tried to copy exactly, and so on down the line.
—Brian Seibert, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2020
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Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2020
Predictably, this area was a resource locked with a mutex semaphore.
—Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2020
The dollar, which has fallen by 6% against a basket of currencies since March, is usually part of the semaphore.
—The Economist, 11 June 2020
One dancer executed a series of semaphore-like movements, which the dancer on the next roof over tried to copy exactly, and so on down the line.
—Brian Seibert, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for semaphore
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One tattoo of goats with a Bayview Yacht Club flag, known as a burgee, signifies his first 25 races from Port Huron to Mackinac.Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 24 July 2021
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The men, down to a 7-year-old sailor named Hank, had gold buttons on their blue blazers and red neckties bearing the club burgee.Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2021
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The key is not to wave a white flag before the roll has been completed.Jay Paris, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
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The Brewers waved the white flag, putting first basemen Owen Miller on the mound in the ninth inning.James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2024
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Thus, a tricolor ribbon for metastatic breast cancer aims to raise awareness about the need to direct funding toward the development of life-extending treatments.Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2024
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The gallery had acquired Middleton’s tricolor separation negative archive in 2021, and the Chanel fund later supported its research, cataloguing and digitization.Samantha Conti, WWD, 26 Sep. 2024
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In line with the Princess of Wales' attire, the Duchess of Edinburgh also donned a blue and red cape over her gown, a nod to the colors of the union jack.Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 7 May 2023
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One dessert that stands out from all the cupcakes, cookies and biscuits decorated with crowns and union jacks is the Jack Russel cake, which brings to mind the king and queen consort's two Jack Russell terriers.Karina Zaiets, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2023
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“Semaphore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semaphore. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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